At a green transformation summit on 14 October 2026, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Technology said new calls for the Green Transformation Programme would open “in the coming period”. No date was given. According to press coverage, the minimum investment size is around 15-16 million lira. That figure may change with the official call text, so confirm it before you apply.
When the call opens, “we bought the machine, let’s prepare the file” will not be enough. The programme requires a team in the facility before the investment and one person who answers for it. This article explains what that team does and what you can prepare before the call.
What the Communiqué says about the team
The Communiqué on the Implementation Procedures and Principles of the Green Transformation Programme was amended in the Official Gazette of 8 May 2026 (issue 33247). The provisions on the team and the leader are these:
- Green transformation team: a team of at least three people that the investor sets up to prepare, carry out and monitor the roadmap.
- Green transformation leader: the person who coordinates the team. The Communiqué expects the leader to be a payroll employee or someone in management. Who exactly qualifies is set out in its definitions article, so check that before appointing anyone.
- Responsibility: carrying out the roadmap and coordinating the work belongs to the team. If the investor asks, the leader can be changed with the approval of the General Directorate.
- Roadmap: five years, facility by facility, submitted through the programme portal at application. The Ministry publishes the template in the call.
So the team cannot stay a list of names on paper. For five years it owns the roadmap.
Who should be on the team?
The Communiqué says three people and does not say which ones. In practice you look at which units the work touches. For most facilities a split like this makes sense:
| Role | Why needed | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|
| Leader (from management) | Decision and budget authority | Owns the roadmap, reports to management |
| Production or maintenance lead | Knows lines and equipment | Runs measurement points and the improvements |
| Data owner (ERP, quality or finance) | Invoices, consumption and production records | Keeps baseline and final measurement data consistent |
In a small plant one person can hold two roles, but the leader should be someone who can talk to management. The roadmap touches investment, purchasing and often shift patterns.
Setting targets: numbers, not “improvement”
Under the Communiqué, project targets must be quantitative or proportional, concrete and measurable. The application includes the measurement before implementation, and the final-state measurement follows when the project ends. The difference between those two measurements is the judge of the programme.
Fix two numbers:
- Baseline. For example the last 12 months of electricity, natural gas and water use by facility, plus values per unit of product. A monthly invoice total is not enough, because it does not show which line improved.
- Target. A value measured in the same unit, with the same boundaries and the same method. If the method changes between start and finish, the comparison breaks.
Which indicators you pick from is set out in the relevant paragraph of the Communiqué and in the call text. Before choosing, check which ones your facility can actually measure.
The 75 percent threshold and the 30 working days
The final-state measurement must be taken and uploaded within 30 working days after the investment period ends. Each project target needs at least 75 percent achievement, and any mandatory thresholds in force must also be exceeded. A project that misses its targets is removed from the programme, and part of the support can be clawed back.
The team’s job here is not to measure once but to collect the same data, by the same method, for five years. Example: if your target is lower natural gas use per tonne of product, gas and production volume must be recorded for the same period and the same meter boundary. If production data sits in the ERP and gas data in accounting invoices, period shifts can distort the result. That is why setting up energy monitoring before the application is far easier than hunting for the data afterwards.
Calendar: what you will hear and when
The deadlines in the Communiqué that the team should know:
- If the application has formal gaps, the correction period is between 5 and 20 working days.
- The evaluator’s report is completed in 20 working days, a revision review in 10.
- A rejection can be appealed within 15 working days, and appeals are decided within 20 working days.
- A rejected project cannot reapply with the same content within a year.
- The annual progress report goes to the General Directorate by the end of January of the following year.
Put the last item in the team calendar: January is report month, every year.
What is outside the programme
The Communiqué gives no support to R&D or investment aimed at developing green transformation technologies. Electricity generation investments based on solar or wind are also left out of the incentive certificate under this Communiqué. For R&D the door is TÜBİTAK 1832. For improving an existing facility, this programme is the right one. We covered the general framework and the May amendment in an earlier article.
Five things to do before the call
- Name the leader. Someone from management who can turn a decision into a budget.
- Complete the team to three and write each person’s role in two sentences.
- Pull the consumption data. Twelve months of electricity, gas, water and production volume by facility. List the missing meters.
- Rank candidate improvements. Put the ones with measurable gains first, such as compressed air leaks, boiler efficiency or heat recovery.
- Draft the five-year sequence. Which investment in which year, against which target. When the call template arrives, moving the draft over will be enough.
Where İkiz Eksen fits
Teams struggle most with tying scattered facility data into one measurement routine. İkiz Eksen handles the measurement, software and compliance chain in a single project. The experience of Qera, with more than 550 customers and over 100 ERP projects, turns into data collection and reporting on Microsoft Azure. We work turnkey across Türkiye. You can see our approach on the methodology page, and the topic overview on the green transition and twin transition pages.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many people should the team have?
At least three under the Communiqué. There is no upper limit. Build the team around the units the improvement touches.
Who can be the leader?
The person who coordinates the team. The Communiqué’s definition expects a payroll employee or someone in management. For the exact scope, read the definition in its first article.
When will the call open?
At the summit on 14 October 2026 officials said “in the coming period” and gave no date. Follow the Ministry’s announcements and the yesildonusum.sanayi.gov.tr portal.
What happens if I miss 75 percent on a target?
Each project target needs at least 75 percent achievement. If it is not reached, the project is removed from the programme and the recovery of support is determined under the relevant legislation.
Does a solar power plant qualify?
No. Electricity generation investments based on solar or wind cannot be included in the incentive certificate under this Communiqué.
To set up your measurement routine before the call, write to us or browse our solutions.
Sources: Official Gazette, 8 May 2026, issue 33247 (amendment to the Green Transformation Programme Implementation Procedures and Principles Communiqué), Ministry of Industry and Technology green transformation portal, Para Dergi report of 15 October 2026. Confirm amounts, deadlines and conditions against the current call before applying.